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A hacker broke into part of the HealthCare.gov insurance enrollment website in July and uploaded malicious software, according to federal officials. An HHS official said the attack appears to mark the first successful intrusion into the website, where millions of Americans bought insurance starting last year under the Affordable Care Act. Here’s a rundown of what it means for you. Read More »

Sen. Mark Pryor Wednesday launched a new campaign ad that spotlights his support for the 2010 health-care law — defying GOP claims that the landmark law is too unpopular for Democrats to embrace in competitive election campaigns.

Mr. Pryor discusses his own battle with cancer and appears for the first time in a campaign ad with his father, former Sen. and Gov. David Pryor, one of the state’s most popular Democrats. Read More »

Some states that expanded Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act and set up all or part of their own insurance exchanges have seen a marked drop in the number of uninsured adults.

The uninsured rates in states that opted to expand Medicaid, a health program primarily for low-income residents, and set up their own exchanges declined more in the first half of 2014 than in the states that didn’t take that approach, according to a study released Tuesday by Gallup. The survey was based on a random sample of adults through June 30. Read More »

Democrats have long wagered that Americans will be more supportive of the 2010 health law once they have a chance to enjoy its benefits.

That was the subtext Tuesday when both parties pounced on a pair of conflicting court rulings that raise doubts about the federal government’s ability to subsidize insurance coverage under the Affordable Care Act. Read More »

When the Supreme Court gave states the option of opting in or out of the Affordable Care Act’s Medicaid expansion, the thinking among Democrats was that after some initial grumbling states would eventually opt in.

The federal money would be too big, the argument went, and even the most ardent Republican Obamacare opponents would give in. Read More »

A left-leaning think tank whose research is often taken seriously by backers of the health-care overhaul has published a paper suggesting the administration should scrap the health law’s requirement that employers offer coverage or pay a penalty.

“Why Don’t We Just Get Rid of the Employer Mandate?”, by three researchers at the Urban Institute, argues that the requirement won’t lead to many more people gaining coverage, since most firms that don’t currently offer benefits to all their workers will opt for the penalty, and most firms that already voluntarily offer benefits will want to carry on doing so. Read More »

The last six months have been a particularly rough stretch for President Barack Obama, but the latest Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll offered the first glimpse that he may have arrested his slide in public opinion. Despite the modest improvement, he remains dangerously unpopular for fellow Democrats on the cusp of a critical midterm election. Here are five takeaways from the latest Journal poll. Read More »

President Obama said 7.1 million people signed up for health insurance despite early stumbles with the health website, and warned that efforts to repeal the Affordable Care Act will backfire. Here is the transcript of his remarks, as provided by the White House.

REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT ON THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT

Rose Garden

4:19 P.M. EDT

THE PRESIDENT: Everybody, please have a seat. Thank you so much. Welcome to the White House.

Six months ago today, a big part of the Affordable Care Act kicked in as healthcare.gov and state insurance marketplaces went live. And millions of Americans finally had the same chance to buy quality, affordable health care — and the peace of mind that comes with it — as everybody else. Read More »

President Barack Obama predicted that despite a bumpy rollout of the Affordable Care Act nearly seven million people will have signed up for coverage when enrollment ends at midnight.

“We admittedly had just a terrible start because the website wasn’t working. And despite losing effectively two months, we are going to be reasonably close to that original projection,” Mr. Obama said in an interview with CBS that aired Monday night. The interview took place while the president was in Italy on Friday. Read More »

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